Hwæt
Słownik Anglo-Saski Staroangielski Boswortha i Tollera - hwæt
Zgodnie ze Słownikiem Staroangielskim:
- hwæt
- adj. Add :-- Huæt, huet, huaet licidus, lucidus, Txts. 75, 1223. Hwet licidus, liquidus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 7, 8. Efficax, hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, 142, 54. I. swift :-- Gif hé hwæt biþ, ne tweóþ nǽnne mon ꝥ hé hwæt ne sié cuicumque velocitas adest, manifestum est esse velocem, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 30. Hí mid hwatum hýrsumnesse fét gefolgiað, R. Ben. 20, 3. II. active, nimble :-- Þá handa áwindað þá ðe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst, 148, 4. III. keen, bold, active :-- Hé úsic gárwígend góde tealde, hwate helmberend, B. 2642: 2517. Ósfriþ his sunu ... se hwatesta fyrdesne filius eius Osfrid, iuuenis bellicosus, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 184, 11.